Fireless cooker.



A. T. HALLOGK.

FIRELESS COOKER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR, 7, 1908,

Patented Apr. 6, 1909.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. a ril 6, 1909.

Application filed new 7', 190a. Serial We. create.

To oZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, ARTHUR T. HALLooK, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fireless Cookers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and .,exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in firelcss cookers, and its object is to provide a light, compact, and portable device; and

.to provide the same with various new and useful features hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in theclaims, reference being had to the accom- -panying drawings, in which:

. Figure 1. is a perspective of the frame of the device; Fig. 2. an elevation of the device complete, and closed; Fig. 3. a plan view of the same with the upper insulatin pads removed; Fig. 4. a vertical section 0 the same on the line 4'4 of Fig. 2.; and, Fig.5. a horizontal section of the same on the line 5.-5 of Fig. 2.-shown on a reduced scale.

Like numbers refer to like parts in all of the figures.

The frame of the .device consists essentially of a light skeleton structure consisting of a bottom 1 preferably in the form of a disk, a series of posts 3 mounted near the periphery of the disk and preferably arranged in radial relation, these posts being connected and surmounted by a ring 2 and projecting inward therefrom as at 4 to form a ledge to support the cooking vessel, as hereafter described. An outer covering or jacket 5 is placed on this frame and secured at its respective upper and lower edges to the ring 2 and base 1, thus forming a cylindrical outer covering supported by -the frame and preferably of woven fabric of any preferred-material. An inner lining 11 preferably also of woven fabric in the form of a tubular sack or receptacle is provided which also ext-ends outward at the top over the projecting shoulders 4 of the posts 3 and over the ring 2 and is also supported by the frame. Between the outer jacket 5 and inner lining 11 is inserted heat insulating material 16 preferably of excelsior or some similar substance. 11 is also spaced apart from the base 1 and therebetween is also inserted similar non.-

The bottom of the lining 1 conducting material 15. .Within this lining is placed the cooking vessel 12 which is provided with a cover 13 having a sunken inner portion within the up or part of the vessel and an outwardly pro ecting rim 1%' resting upon the top of the vessel. Upon this cover is placed a pad 14 filled with non-conducting material and above this pad and extending is preferably covered by a band 9 to provide a neat and finished appearance to the device. 1

It will be'noted that this structure is light and strong, and at the same time sufiiciently I rigid to retain its form when the cooking vessel is placed therein, and effectually insulates the same from the extraneous surroundings to prevent heat from escaping from said vessel.

What I claim is: V

1. A fireless cooker comprising a frame, an outer covering and an inner lining attached to the frame and each supported thereby, heat insulating material between the covering and lining, and a removable pad of heat insulating material above.the frame. 7

2. A fireless cooker, comprising a flexible outer covering, a flexible inner lining, a frame between the covering and lining and supporting 'the same, heat insulating material between the covering and lining, and a heat insulating pad forming a detachable cover.

' 3. In a fireless cooker, an open frame having a circular outline, a fabric covering attached to the frame and supported thereby, a fabric lining within the frame and supported thereby, heat insulating material be tween the covering and lining, and a removable pad above the frame and containing heat insulating material.

4. In a fireless cooker, a frame comprising a discous base, vertical post-s mounted on the margin of the base, a ring mounted on the to ofthe posts and connecting the same, a

-ing material etween the coverin 'tainer surrounding the pad and means for tu ular covering attached at its upper and lower ends respectively to the ring and base, an inner tubular lining attached to the ring and extendin to near the base, heat insulatand lining and a ad containing heat insulating material and forming a removable cover.

5. In a tireless cooker, a frame, an outer covering and an inner lining attached to the frame and supported thereby, heat insulating material between the covering and the material lining, a pad of heat insulatin exible reforming a removable cover, a

contracting the upper edge of the retainer around the pad to retain the latter in place. 6; In a tireless cooker, an outer covering and an inner lining each being-of cylindrical form and spaced apart, heat insulating material between the same, a pad containing heat insulating material and formin a re-- movable cover, an upward and flexi 1e extension of the covering surrounding the pad and means for contracting the upper edge of said extension about the pad.

7. lri a fii'eless cooker, the combination'of a frame, comprising a base having a circular outline, a ring of correspondin outline above the base and spaced apart t erefrom, vertical posts ertendin between the ring and the margins of thegbase and projecting inward from the ring at their upper inner angles, an outer covering and an inner lining attached to the frame, heat insulating mathe upper edge 0 the said member to contract the same around the pad.

8. in a fireless cooker, the combination of a discous base, a ring above the same and spaced apart therefrom, vertical posts between the margin of the base and the ring and having their inner upper angles projecting inward from the ring, a fabric covering attached to the base and ring, an inner lining attached to the rin and spaced apart from the base, heat insu ating material between the lining and covering and between the in-' ing and base, a cooking1 vessel supported. by the posts and within t the vessel havin j a depressed inner portion Within the vessel and a ring resting on the top of the same, a pad of insulating material Within the cover, a second and larger pad of like material above the same and extending above the ring, a flexible retainer attached to the ring and surrounding the last named pad, and means for contracting the upperedge of the retainer.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR T. HALLOCK. 'l/Vitnesses OLIVER B. Rowm'r'rn, LUTHER V. lvloULTEn.

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